Jing Ke

Jing Ke

Jing Ke (died 227 BC) was a youxia during the late Warring States period of Ancient China. As a retainer of Crown Prince Dan of the Yan state, he was infamous for his failed assassination attempt on King Zheng of the Qin state, who later became Qin Shi Huang, the Qin Dynasty's first emperor (from 221 BC to 210 BC). His story is told in the chapter titled Biographies of Assassins (刺客列傳) in Sima Qian's Records of the Grand Historian. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jing Ke is the 6,461st most popular politician (down from 4,848th in 2019). (down from 658th in 2019)

Jing ke is most famous for its use in the martial arts.